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DoX.)
Profile Joined December 2008
Singapore6164 Posts
December 27 2009 01:05 GMT
#301
On December 27 2009 10:02 Artosis wrote:
ok so off we go~ ill be there with the camera. wish ret luck!!

YESSS =D

Gl ret!!!!!!!!
mmgoose
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
769 Posts
December 27 2009 01:05 GMT
#302
RET WILL TAKE 3RD THIS TIME, I KNOW IT.

AND ON HIS 3RD ATTEMPT HE'LL TAKE THE LICENSE.
And you know if a grandmother had a penis she would be a grandfather.
CorsairHero
Profile Joined December 2008
Canada9489 Posts
December 27 2009 01:07 GMT
#303
On December 27 2009 10:02 Artosis wrote:
ok so off we go~ ill be there with the camera. wish ret luck!!

good luck ret!!
© Current year.
Kerotan
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
England2109 Posts
December 27 2009 01:13 GMT
#304
Good luck ret, please stomp these korean nerds like we know you can.
Nerdette // External revolution - Internal revolution // Fabulous // I raise my hands to heaven of curiosity // I don't know what to ask for // What has it got for me? // Kerribear
sleeepy
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Canada777 Posts
December 27 2009 01:16 GMT
#305
On December 27 2009 10:02 Artosis wrote:
ok so off we go~ ill be there with the camera. wish ret luck!!


What do you think we've been doing this entire thread

GO RET!!!
Hopkingreenfrog
Profile Joined September 2009
Australia144 Posts
December 27 2009 01:19 GMT
#306
I cant seem to view the bracket, just get a blank page, even in IE.
In the end its all nice
ftb
Profile Joined October 2009
49 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-27 01:24:20
December 27 2009 01:23 GMT
#307
On December 27 2009 10:00 Hot_Bid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 27 2009 09:41 ftb wrote:
On December 27 2009 08:22 scwizard wrote:
On December 25 2009 01:04 ftb wrote:
On December 25 2009 00:45 Glaucus wrote:
You are saying you are sure Estro didn't know CJ wanted Idra before they gave him a license?

They didn't get Idra because he is a good player - he is obviously not.

Yeah IdrA sucks at starcraft, and its super obvious to pros such as yourself. Only reason he got to A+ was because he payed off his teammates to get them to play for him *eyeroll*


You know, there are many levels of how "good" a starcraft player can be and to me there is also a certain level of respect i have for players which is not proportional zu their skill.
Here is a graphic to explain it to you:
[image loading]


A:
Just random people playing Sc for fun on ICC. Nothing special.

B:
Those are people who are kinda good on foreigner level but do not really succeed in winning anything of meaning. People like Sawyer or Closer. You may have heard thei names or not, noone cares.

C:
These are the top foreigners, they play in their free time and are still really good. they win money with a computer game they are playing for fun basicly. The best known members of this category are Mondragon and White-Ra.

D:

Those are people who are pros in korea who sacrifice everything in their lives to play a computer game. And compared to others on their level they suck badly. These people should be ashamed of breathing the air away from people who do something in this world. They are wasting their lives in a freakin basement. they dont succeed neither in SC nor in real life.
Examples: Idra and the rest of the trash with a one or even two digit Kespa rank.

E:

This group belongs to pros who are kinda good, to players who maype appear in PL, but do not manage to win or ger somewhat far in the Starleagues.
Examples: Sea, around half of the ACE-team.

F:

Here are the real good pros. People who earn a lot of money just because they are good at something that is irrelevant in life. They really are the elite.
Examples: Stork, JD, the bonjwas etc.

This is where my disrespect for idra comes from. This and his arrogance. He seriously thinks he can make fun of foreigners who are worse than him, which is just ridiculous give the fact that his life just consists a game u can burn on a CD.

lol @ the graph

but really, what makes something "relevant" in life? it seems you're just asserting your own opinion about computer games. what makes playing SC any "less relevant" than doing some other job? not everyone can be einstein or mozart :/


SC is much like any other sport. People can only live from it because it is entertainment. The same applies to making movies or writing songs. But if you suck at what you do, you should stop an do something else.
But just imagine when a person dies, what could you say about them to someone who didnt know him/her?

Jimmy Page - this guy played the solo of stairway to heaven

Health ledger - oh, this guy died right after he played the best villain ever in a movie

Ali Amuchdabjan - oh, he sold tasty kebabs until he died.

Greg Fields - Oh ... well ... this one is funny ... he died without doing a single thing.
ToN
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada245 Posts
December 27 2009 01:26 GMT
#308
He's only one of the few foreigners ever to become a progamer?
Ao_Jun
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Denmark396 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-27 01:33:55
December 27 2009 01:33 GMT
#309
he followed his dream and made it come true through hard work?

If that does not demand respect i dont know what does.

And no, i am nowhere near being an idra fanboy - in fact i dont really like him, but i do respect what he has done..

Edit: GO RET GO!
you are one of the least benigtedly unintelligent organic life forms it has been my profound lack of pleasure not to be able to avoid meeting.
DragoonPK
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
3259 Posts
December 27 2009 01:35 GMT
#310
On December 27 2009 10:19 Hopkingreenfrog wrote:
I cant seem to view the bracket, just get a blank page, even in IE.


me too i think its because it didn't start yet.
Guilty
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Canada812 Posts
December 27 2009 01:36 GMT
#311
just started woo!! gl ret were all cheerin for you!!
"How hard could it be?" -J. Clarkson
7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
December 27 2009 01:41 GMT
#312
plz dont derail this thread with retarded idra hatred

GL RET
JOS FIGHTING!!!
beep boop
HazMat
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States17077 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-27 01:47:50
December 27 2009 01:47 GMT
#313
On December 27 2009 10:23 ftb wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 27 2009 10:00 Hot_Bid wrote:
On December 27 2009 09:41 ftb wrote:
On December 27 2009 08:22 scwizard wrote:
On December 25 2009 01:04 ftb wrote:
On December 25 2009 00:45 Glaucus wrote:
You are saying you are sure Estro didn't know CJ wanted Idra before they gave him a license?

They didn't get Idra because he is a good player - he is obviously not.

Yeah IdrA sucks at starcraft, and its super obvious to pros such as yourself. Only reason he got to A+ was because he payed off his teammates to get them to play for him *eyeroll*


You know, there are many levels of how "good" a starcraft player can be and to me there is also a certain level of respect i have for players which is not proportional zu their skill.
Here is a graphic to explain it to you:
[image loading]


A:
Just random people playing Sc for fun on ICC. Nothing special.

B:
Those are people who are kinda good on foreigner level but do not really succeed in winning anything of meaning. People like Sawyer or Closer. You may have heard thei names or not, noone cares.

C:
These are the top foreigners, they play in their free time and are still really good. they win money with a computer game they are playing for fun basicly. The best known members of this category are Mondragon and White-Ra.

D:

Those are people who are pros in korea who sacrifice everything in their lives to play a computer game. And compared to others on their level they suck badly. These people should be ashamed of breathing the air away from people who do something in this world. They are wasting their lives in a freakin basement. they dont succeed neither in SC nor in real life.
Examples: Idra and the rest of the trash with a one or even two digit Kespa rank.

E:

This group belongs to pros who are kinda good, to players who maype appear in PL, but do not manage to win or ger somewhat far in the Starleagues.
Examples: Sea, around half of the ACE-team.

F:

Here are the real good pros. People who earn a lot of money just because they are good at something that is irrelevant in life. They really are the elite.
Examples: Stork, JD, the bonjwas etc.

This is where my disrespect for idra comes from. This and his arrogance. He seriously thinks he can make fun of foreigners who are worse than him, which is just ridiculous give the fact that his life just consists a game u can burn on a CD.

lol @ the graph

but really, what makes something "relevant" in life? it seems you're just asserting your own opinion about computer games. what makes playing SC any "less relevant" than doing some other job? not everyone can be einstein or mozart :/


SC is much like any other sport. People can only live from it because it is entertainment. The same applies to making movies or writing songs. But if you suck at what you do, you should stop an do something else.
But just imagine when a person dies, what could you say about them to someone who didnt know him/her?

Jimmy Page - this guy played the solo of stairway to heaven

Health ledger - oh, this guy died right after he played the best villain ever in a movie

Ali Amuchdabjan - oh, he sold tasty kebabs until he died.

Greg Fields - Oh ... well ... this one is funny ... he died without doing a single thing.


You forgot someone....

FTB - This guy died making a graph about who he respects that plays Starcraft on Teamliquid.net. Also, everyone though he was a troll.
www.youtube.com/user/ShakeDrizzle | League and SSBM content creator | Armada's Youtube Editor
NonY
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
8748 Posts
December 27 2009 01:56 GMT
#314
People taking a financial risk by investing experience in esports deserve respect in at least one sense. I could definitely go to law school after undergrad and that would get a lot of respect, and a lot money if that's what I wanted from it, but going the esports route would be much more challenging. Lucky for me I have a wife in medical school, so worst case scenario I become a househusband rofl. But other people are making even bigger sacrifices and taking bigger risks, knowing that mainstream morals will condemn their choices, but without people like that, the industry does not stand a chance. These people aren't dumb nor is esports their only option, they are just doing something awesome IMO :D

anyway gl ret!!!
"Fucking up is part of it. If you can't fail, you have to always win. And I don't think you can always win." Elliott Smith ---------- Yet no sudden rage darkened his face, and his eyes were calm as they studied her. Then he smiled. 'Witness.'
ZhenMiChan
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Netherlands1181 Posts
December 27 2009 01:58 GMT
#315
GL RET!
Studying Chinese~
StylishVODs
Profile Joined December 2005
Sweden5331 Posts
December 27 2009 01:58 GMT
#316
there is no way to watch this right? i mean right now!
According to Reach, he is the fastest learner he has ever seen. He start bw only like 2/3 years ago. Infact, his bw history knowledge is so limited, he didn't even know what the map Guillotine was.
love1another
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States1844 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-27 02:03:33
December 27 2009 02:03 GMT
#317
On December 27 2009 10:56 Liquid`NonY wrote:
People taking a financial risk by investing experience in esports deserve respect in at least one sense. I could definitely go to law school after undergrad and that would get a lot of respect, and a lot money if that's what I wanted from it, but going the esports route would be much more challenging. Lucky for me I have a wife in medical school, so worst case scenario I become a househusband rofl. But other people are making even bigger sacrifices and taking bigger risks, knowing that mainstream morals will condemn their choices, but without people like that, the industry does not stand a chance. These people aren't dumb nor is esports their only option, they are just doing something awesome IMO :D

anyway gl ret!!!

Where's the blog 'bout wedding and Hawaii!?!?!?! >
On topic: GL ret!
"I'm learning more and more that TL isn't the place to go for advice outside of anything you need in college. It's like you guys just make up your own fantasy world shit and post it as if you've done it." - Chill
mmgoose
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
769 Posts
December 27 2009 02:06 GMT
#318
twitter anyone?
And you know if a grandmother had a penis she would be a grandfather.
Kinky
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States4126 Posts
December 27 2009 02:06 GMT
#319
I can't wait to see the video ^-^ Good luck ret!
Megalisk
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States6095 Posts
December 27 2009 02:06 GMT
#320
The bracket has been updated but I can't read the names .
Tear stained american saints and dirty guitar dreams across a universe of desert and blue sky , gas station coffee love letters and two dollar pistol kisses from thirty five dollar hotel room stationary .
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